Uddālaka

Uddālaka

Uddālaka is a name used for more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Uddālaka: a Vedic teacher, father of Śvetaketu and grandfather of Ashṭāvakra, who also appears in the Padma Purāṇa as keeper of Alakshmī. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 132–134; Chāndogya Upanishad, 6th Prapāṭhaka; Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 116; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 16

Places

• Uddālaka (Sand Ocean): the sand-filled ocean in the Marudhanvas, near Uttaṅka‘s āśrama, where the asura Dhundhu lay until King Kuvalāśva slew him. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
• Uddālaka Tīrtha: a tīrtha named, with no place or account of its own, in the Brahma Purāṇa’s list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25